Turnstile



.TRUBENBACH AND D. SAN'NEMAN.

TURNSTILE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.26| 191g.

Patented May 4, 1920-.

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CONRAD D. TBUBENBACH, OF MOUNT VERNON, AND DIEDRICH BALDWIN SANNEMAN, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOBS TO PEREY MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

INC., A CORPORATION. OF NEW YORK.

'TURNSTILE,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Application filed December 26, 1918. Serial No. 268,275.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CONRAD D. TRUBEN- BAOH and DIEDRIOH B SANNEMAN,citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of MountVernon, in the county of VVestchester and State of New York, and of theborou h of Brooklyn, in the county and State of .L ew York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in. Turnstiles, of which thefollowing is a specification. Y

This invention relates to turnstiles, and particularly. to turnstiles tobe used in railway cars.

The object of the inventlon is to provlde for the registration of eachand every passenger who steps inside a car before he can alighttherefrom.

Another object is to provide means by which one turnstile only need beused in a double-end car, or a car designed to travel back and forthover a certain route, one end of the car being the forward end going butbeing the rear end returning.

A'further object is to provide means so that the passengers can not gofrom the entrance to the exit without passing through the turnstile.

A still further object is to provide means by which the turnstile can beshifted from one side of the car to the other easily and expeditiouslyand then locked in its new position. 4

ith these objects in viewjthe invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, and in certain parts andcombinationshereinafter to be described, and then more particularlypointed out in the clalms.

Heretofore great trouble has beenexperienced in accurately registeringthe exact number of passengers that step'into and out of a car. But withthe herein described invention no passengers can pass from the car untilthey have registered their presence in the car by a mechanical deviceappropriately situated, and which cannotbe either tampered with oravoided. Nor will there be any time lost in passing the passengers fromentrance to exit; but if any should. try

to avoid paying fare the conductor can stop them from passing'out of thecar through the exit and the motorman can prevent.

them from alighting from the car from the door through which theyentered.

In other inventions along these lines, one tu nstile has been used andthe car mu go around a loop at the end of the route. But looping isoften not practical in street railway work, and therefore double-endcars are more often used. This type of car heretofore needed twoturnstiles, which is of course a disadvantage over using but oneturnstile which the present invention accomplishes.

' In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the forward part of a double-end carembodying the invention, showing a turnstile in position in j fulllines, and also showing the position in dotted lines of the sameturnstile when the car 1s golng in the opposite direction; the line M-Nbeing the transverse center line of the car.

Fig. 2 1s a transverse cross section of the said car on the line A- -Bof Fig.1, looking turnstile 10 is releasably mounted. The base 11 haswheels or rollers 12 attached thereto each wheel having a flange in thecenter thereof and rolling in a grooved track 13 the said groove thereofregistering with the flange of the said wheels. This track ex- Ktendsfor about two-thirds the distance across the floor, or roof, of the carfrom side to side thereof, and if laid on the floor of the car is flushwith the same.

When the turnstile arrives at the end of its track, on one or the otherof the sides of the car, bolts or fasteners 14011 the said base fall bygravityintotheholes 15 provided therefor, and adjacent to each end ofthe said track, and may be fastened therein in any convenient manner.

A change-board or counter, or'she'lf, 16, behind which the conductorstands, is mounted above the turnstile and is releasably attachedthereto, and runs on a separate track 17 similarly grooved to the track13, the frame .or l gs 18 free Q}? staid h sired. I

board projecting downwardly and ending in rollers '19 having a similarcenter flange to the said wheels or rollers 12.

,A hand or foot lever 20 projects from the turnstile as usual, and fromthe outer end of the same a cord 2i runs over a pulley 22 attached tothe top of the said changeboard. The said rope then runs over the top ofthe change-board as at 23, then under a second pulley and ends in handle2%.

A second handle 25 is attached adjacent to the said first mentionedpulley 22, so that the operator can operate the said lever 20 if desiredfrom either side of the changeboard. V

A stool 26 with legs or stand 27 and floor flange 2S fitting in a hole29 in the floor of the car may be used by the operator if de- Verticalposts or poles or standards 30 rise from the floor of the car to theroof thereof, and are rigidly fastened to the top and the bottom of thesame. Over these posts,by means of sleeves 31, slides the horizontalbar32 in line with the longitudinal. center line C-D of the car, the barbeing prevented from dropping below the required height bythe stops 33which stops are provided with rubber cushions 34. WVhen raised to itshighest point as at 35, spring catches 36 in the said poles 30preventthe bar from falling, and similar looks or catches hold the barin its lower position;

Permanent partitions 36 rise from the floor to the ceiling of the carhaving open or wire-glazed panels 37 therein 5 and at the outer sides oftwo of these partitions are located slidable doors or partitions 38,sliding on countersunk tracks 39 which run across the floor to the saidvertical posts.

Locks 40 hold the doors 38 to one or the other of the said posts. Theupper panels I of these slidable doors register with the panels in thepermanent partitions so that sight and ventilation are not interferedwith to any appreciable extent.

The operation of the invention is essentially and preferably as follows:The car is traveling in the direction of the arrow at. and therefore thepassengers will board the car at the forward door or entrance 2, and

" will either decide to remain in the forward end of the car in theseats 8 and pay their fares when arriving at or near their destination,or they will pass through the turnstile into the rear part of the carwhere the seats may be unoccupied. 7

As one by one they pass into the narrow passageway 42 they pay theirfare to the conductor seated or standing behind the change-board 16; orif a coin box be used they will at this place get the right change fromthe conductor. The passengers then walk one by one toward the turnstileand when the conductor pulls the cord 21, which releases the mechanismofthe turnstile, the passenger pushes his way through the same and mayimmediately go through .theiipassageway l8 and out through the exit 9.Or'he may pass through and beyond the passage way 43 and occupy theseats in the rear end of the car, Fig. 1 showing'but half of the carto,the.right of the transverse line MN. 7

At the same time that the passenger passed through the turnstile, thelatter automatically registers his presence in'the' car and there is noway for the conductor to dispute this or derive any benefit from thefare of the passenger. i r

W hen the end of the route has been reached by the car, the conductorunfastens the bolts in the base of the. turnstile, unlocks the forwardpartition from the horizontal bar, lifts up the'latter till the springcatches hold the same, and, pulls over the turnstile and thechange-board along. their respective tracks to .the dotted positionsshown in Fig. 1. As soon as the turnstile and change-board arrives atthe end of their respective tracks the bolts in the base of theturnstile and the legs of the change-board automatically slip into thelrrespective holes in the floor and are fastened therein. The

-, the car starts on its homeward journey and the conductor is ready toreceive the fares of the passengers, who are now coming to-.

ward the turnstile from the reverse direc tion.

The invention" is not limited in its use to double-end streetrailway'cars only, but may be used in any other kind or type of car;oron any other kind of vehicle; and may be used on a non-movingplatformif desired. Nor is the invention limited to any particular kindor type of turnstile.

It must be understood that various changes and detail of the severalstructures shown, as well as in the number and position of cergtainelements used, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

We claim f I 1. The combination with 'a turnstile, of a car holding theturnstile, and means per- 'mitting the turnstile to'be moved from its 7may be made in the form, proportion, size for clamping the turnstile inboth its said operative positions.

' 3. The combination with a turnstile, of a car for holding theturnstile, and means permitting the turnstile to be moved from itsnormal operative position on one side of the longitudinal center line ofthe said car to a second operative position on the other side of thesaid center line.

4:. The combination with a turnstile, of a car for holding theturnstile, means permitting the turnstile to be moved from its normaloperative position on one side of the longitudinal center line of thesaid car to a second operative position on the other side of the saidcenter line, and means for clamping the turnstile in both of its saidoperative positions.

5. The combination with a turnstile of a car holding the turnstile, atrack running transversely across the floor of the said car, wheels onthe turnstile registering with the said track, and means permitting theturn stile to be moved from its normal operative position on one side ofthe longitudinal center line of the said car to a second operativeposition on the other side of the said center line.

6. The combination with a turnstile, of a car holding the turnstile,'atrack running transversely across the floor of the said car, wheels onthe turnstile registering with the said track, means permitting theturnstile to be moved from its normal operative position on one side ofthe longitudinal center line of the said car to a second operativeposition on the other side of the said center line, and means forclamping the turnstile in both its said operative positions. 7

7 The combination with a turnstile, of a car holding the turnstile, atrack running transversely across the floor of the said car adjacent tothe middle portion thereof, wheels on the turnstile registering with thesaid track, and means permitting the turnstile to be moved from itsnormal operative position on one side of the longitudinal center line ofthe said car to a second operative position to the-other side of thesaid center line.

8. The combination with a turnstile, of a car holding the turnstile, atrack running across the floor of the said car adjacent to the middleportion of the said car, wheels on the said turnstile registering withthe said track, means permitting the turnstile to be moved from itsnormal operative posi tion on one side of the longitudinal center lineof the said car to a second operative position on the other side of thesaid center line, and means for holding the turnstile rigidly to thefloor of the said car in either of the said positions.

9. The combination with a turnstile, of a car, a track runningtransversely across the said car over which the turnstile travels fromone side of the car to the other, and a movable bar mounted between thetwo operative positions of the turnstile at either side of the said car.

10. The combination with a turnstile, of a car, a track runningtransversely across the said car over which the turnstile travels fromone side of the car to the other, posts running from floor to roof ofthe car and between which the turnstile must move when being changedfrom one side of the car to the other, a bar movably mounted on theisjaid posts, and means for locking the said 11. The combination with aturnstile, of a car, a track running transversely across the said carover which the turnstile travels from one side of the car to the other,a plurality of upright posts, and a bar movably mounted on the saidposts between the two operative positions of the turnstile at eitherside of the said car.

12. The combination with a turnstile, of a car, a track runningtransversely across the said car over which the turnstile may travelfrom one side of the car to the other,

a bar movably mounted between. the two operative positions of theturnstile at either side of the said car, and means for locking the saidbar.

13. The combination with a turnstile, of a car, a track runningtransversely across the said car over which the turnstile may travelfrom one side of the car to the other, a movable bar mounted between thetwo operative positions of the turnstile at either side of the said car,and means for locking the said bar in both its elevated and in its lowerpositions.

14. The combination with a turnstile, of a car, two transversepartitions in the said car mounted one on each side of the turnstile,means permitting the turnstile to be moved from its normal operativeposition on one side of the longitudinal center line of the said car toa second operative position. on the other side of the said center line,and means for locking the turnstile in each of its operative positions.

15. The combination with a turnstile, of a car, two uprights in linelongitudinally to the said car, two transverse partitions mounted on oneside of the said car each partition being opposite one of the saiduprights, and a second and similar pair of transverse partitions mountedon the opposite side of the said car and also mounted opposite'to thesaid uprights.

CONRAD D. TRUBENBACH. D. BALDWIN SANNEMAN.

